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Pique spring edition
Mar 7
Pique spring edition

Pique spring edition returns this March with its second multi-day edition of the signature music and arts festival, taking over the Arts Court in downtown Ottawa. Featuring groundbreaking performances, striking art installations, and thought-provoking presentations, Pique is a convergence of creativity and innovation that welcomes international artists and communities.

Laylit
Apr 11
Laylit

Laylit is a platform and collective celebrating music and artists from the Arab/SWANA region and its diaspora. Over the last four years their dance parties in New York City and Montreal have carved out an unmatched place in North American nightlife, becoming an anticipated social gathering and unique musical experience.

Alice Longyu Gao
May 3
Alice Longyu Gao

Alice Longyu Gao on-stage performing their most loved songs from their debut trilogy. Their debut trilogy includes 3 EPs: High Dragon Universe (2022), Let’s Hope Heteros Fail, Learn, and Retire (2023), and Assembling Symbols Into My Own Poetry (2024).

 
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Announcing Pique spring edition on March 7-8, 2025
Announcing Pique spring edition on March 7-8, 2025

An added day of programming and International Women’s Day focus brings even more innovative and inclusive arts programming to Ottawa’s Pique festival this spring. Pique spring edition returns this March with its second multi-day edition of the signature music and arts festival, taking over the Arts Court in downtown Ottawa. Featuring groundbreaking performances, striking art installations, and thought-provoking presentations, Pique is a convergence of creativity and innovation that welcomes international artists and communities.

Call for submissions: Local Black curators/programmers
Call for submissions: Local Black curators/programmers

Debaser and the Ottawa Black Art Kollective (OBAK) have partnered to support a curatorial project by a local, Black arts curator/programmer. The single-day project will be presented at the summer edition (June 7, 2025) of Pique, a building-wide all-ages festival that takes place at the Arts Court complex in downtown Ottawa (Anishinaabe Algonquin territory).

Call for programming committee members!
Call for programming committee members!

We’re looking for knowledgeable members of the Ottawa-Gatineau arts community (and beyond!) to help shape the artistic direction of upcoming Debaser events and programs, including our quarterly festival, Pique.

 

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Support announcement❗ @themessthetics & James Brandon Lewis will join @mdou_moctar at the @bronsoncentremusictheatre on October 8 The Messthetics are an instrumental trio featuring Brendan Canty (drums) and Joe Lally (bass) of Fugazi, and Anthon
😷 Mask up and come dance with us 💃 We’re throwing a COVID-safer dance party on July 12 at Club SAW with DJ sets by @jasnasty and @seiiizi ✨ This party follows our outdoor COVID-safer concert featuring performances by indie/folk singer-songwr
Join us this coming Wednesday for Debaser’s Annual General Meeting! Registration to attend is open to the public, both in person and remotely; check the link 🔗 in our bio to RSVP today! The Annual General Meeting 🌐 is an open meeting with th
Announcing 📣 @raespoon @coreygulkin and @marsaspenmusic perform an outdoor COVID-safer concert on Fri July 12 at SAW Courtyard @saw_centre An intimate outdoor gathering of Queer and Trans COVID-conscious indie-folk singer-songwriters for an open ai
Pique takes a village ✨ Thank you to the entire team who made the summer edition possible! VOLUNTEERS 💖 Zack Ali, Rafael da Silva Andrade, Farrah Bartal, Sam Belhumeur, Nebye Berhe, Sam E, Abigaile Gagnon, Victoria Giroux, Somya Goomer, Mona Hate,

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Established in 2013, Debaser is an arts organization and event presenter/producer based on unceded Algonquin territory (in so-called Ottawa). Read more →

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